We are very excited to welcome you all to the FIRST EVER Color Run Night at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, on 5 th September 2015. To make sure you have all information you could possibly need we have developed this event guide. Make sure you read through it carefully before the event to make sure your experience will be as GLOWTASTIC as possible! Soon you and your friends will be part of the Happiest 5k on the Planet! The Color Run Night will take place in total utter darkness (don t worry there will be some light ) The powder is colourful in the daylight and glows in a the dark There is a new and funky UV bubble zone which includes glow in the dark stencils and lots of bubbles! Each Color Runner will get a head torch, glow in the dark black t-shirt, glow in the dark face tattoos, and when you cross the finish line they ll be given a packet of glow in the dark powder, glowsticks and a poncho The festival finish is lit so that the glow in the dark powder looks illuminious under the light
If you registered after the 24 th August, you will be picking up your race pack from The Green Race Pack Pickup Tent on the day of the event! You can find the date you registered for your entry on the top of your confirmation email Please remember to bring this with you along with some form of ID. Unfortunately, once the packs have been opened, we are unable to replace any of the equipment inside- including t-shirts! If your pack hasn t arrived and you registered before the 24 th August, please come to the Pink Info Tent to pick up a replacement. If you have bought your entry after the 31 th August, please go to the Pink Info Tent also. In your incredible race pack, you ll receive: The Color Run glow in the dark t-shirt The Color Run head torch The Color Run race number The Color Run glow in the dark tattoo Some info from the NSPCC team Vouchers and info from Ocean Spray Info on Original Source s competition & their tattoo Once you ve completed the event you ll receive your Glow in the dark Color Powder Pack, glow stick and a poncho at the finish line to take with you to The Color Festival!!
Check out our awesome Color Run Happy Store online for all your colourful needs! We will have some funky, fun, colourful and glow in the dark items for sale at our Store on event day too! The Store will be set up at the warm-up area and Finish Festival where you can grab your merchandise. This year we ve got lots of new designs including, t-shirts, socks, wrist bands, sunglasses, hoodies, colourful bracelets & bandanas and of course tutus!! The Store accepts the following forms of payment: Cash, Visa & Mastercard. Contactless payment is available with spends up to 20.
Start time: 20:00pm You do not need to sign in or register but make sure you arrive 30 minutes before the start time to get prepped by stretching, laughing and meeting new friends. There will be fun activities going on in the warm up zone until the last runner leaves. The start chute will remain open for 30 minutes, so don t worry too much if you re running late, the party will be waiting for you! We will do EVERYTHING in our power to hold the event as scheduled. Runner safety is our highest priority. Excessive heat, wind or rain may cause us to modify, postpone or cancel the event. Stay tuned to your email, the website, Twitter and our Facebook page during event week for updates regarding any event related news and weather conditions.
The event will take place at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London. *Please note: There are no lockers or bag drop facilities so arrive ready to run and leave your valuables at home PUBLIC TRANSPORT Train The nearest stations are Stratford station and Stratford International station and both provide step-free access from entrance to platform. The last train to leave Stratford is at 00:11am. Parking There will be Pay & Display parking available at the Westfield s shopping centre. Need help parking? If you are driving to the event we recommend using Park Jockey to find parking or guarantee your space. Click here to please click here to find out more. Bus Bus Services 388, 308, 339, D8 bus all run to/from Stratford bus loop- located opposite the tube station. More information is available at www.nationalrail.co.uk
The Color Runners will gather at the start line and be divided into waves. A wave will leave approximately every three to four minutes. The wave cuts are random so make sure your team is all together if you want to run and enjoy the colour madness together. The start chute will stay open until 9.00pm so if you re having loads of fun in the warm up area, you can still join the queue until then! Remember the event is not timed so there is no reason to go CRAZY and elbow jostle for position. Take your time and enjoy the experience with your friends and family! PLEASE make sure your bib number is attached and visible on the FRONT of your shirt on event day. This is how you will be identified as a Color Runner at the start/finish line. You will not be allowed into the start chute without a bib number. Teams may run in a group or separately, it is completely your choice. It is also a good idea, especially on hot days, to have a water bottle with you in the start line as it could be a short wait for your wave to start. The event is for everyone. Some people will run the entire 5k. Some will walk it. Some might even dance the 5k. Our experience is, most participants will do a little bit of all three on the course. In order to accommodate this glorious combination of activities on course we have just ONE. SIMPLE. RULE: HAVE FUN!
Each kilometre of the event is associated with a designated colour: Pink, Blue, Yellow and Orange. As you hit the COLOR ZONES at roughly each kilometre, you will be blitzed with colour by our volunteers, sponsors and staff and new for The Color Run Night is our yellow bubble zone(!). The colour is a special recipe of magical colour dust. All products are 100% natural, safe and food grade quality. To keep it out of your eyes our certified Color Throwers try to aim low as you pass by. Some Color Runners opt to wear glasses or goggles for their eyes and use a bandana or dust mask for their mouths. We certainly recommend that The Color Runners wear sunglasses or some form of eye protection. Please do not completely stop in The Color Zones. This will create a bottleneck and problems for runners behind you. We cross our colourful hearts to try and get as much or as little colour on you as you like! Look out for our friends Ocean Spray at the Pink Color Zone, Original Source at the Yellow Bubble Zone, and Capital FM at the Blue Zone. They have some surprise experiences for you along the way!
The fun isn t over when you cross the finish line in fact it s only just begun! Grab a bottle of water, your Color Powder Pack, glow stick and poncho and give yourself a pat on the back for running a 5k, then come join the post event party! After you pass under the finish arch you will be directed to the Festival Village which is where all the post run fun takes place. Friends and family are welcome to meet up with The Color Runners in the general festival areas. Our DJ friends at Capital FM will be pumping the tunes on the Finish Festival Stage, and our sponsors have lots of fun activities for you too. Fancy getting in a pit of Ocean Spray cranberry balls with your buddies? Getting some free Original Source Shower Gel? Playing swingball with the NSPCC team? Taking a giant selfie photo with Metro? There s a lot of fun to be had! Every 10 minutes, we will countdown to a mass Color Throw. This creates the famous Color Cloud. Join us as we welcome all Color Runners to the Finish Festival. Everyone throwing colours into the air at the same time creates a spectacular sight. This is where you ll want to use the Color Pack you received as you crossed the finish line. Hopefully you were able to resist throwing it for this long. Trust us, it s worth the wait. If you have used, lost or forgotten your personal Color Powder Pack (handed to you at the finish line), you might be lucky enough to catch one of the give-aways from the stage!
➊ If you are running with small children, please watch and direct them through the event. ➋ If you are concerned at all with any part of the experience, feel free to wear safety glasses, a bandana or a dust mask. ➌ Please follow the directions provided by event officials and volunteers. ➍ Above all, please be courteous and respectful to everyone around you. ➎ HAVE FUN! Running with Children - With thousands of Color Runners in attendance on event day there is the always the possibility of our smaller Color Runners getting separated from their parents. If you are running with your children (then you are the coolest parents ever!), the kids will no doubt have a great time. Just in case, please register your child here and include your contact details just in case they get separated from you. That way we can get in touch with you should we find ourselves with some new small friends at the Info Tent. Register your Under 5 s here. Lost Children - If you do find a lost child please bring them to the Information Tent in the warm-up or finish area and our team will then work to find their parents.
Personal Care Partner Food and drink will be on sale from 18.00pm on event day in the warm-up and festival area. Beverage & Snack Partner There are plenty of toilets in the warm up and finish festival area for use. Charity Partner We will have our cleaning station set up to dust you off before the ride home. Just look for the Cleaning Zone. Make sure if you re using public transport that you use your poncho to wear on the way home to protect the trains and buses! Media Partners A good solid shower will get rid of most of the colourful powder. Any remaining colour will be gone in a few days. We re sorry, there will be NO Color Excuses keeping you from going to school or work the next week Our sponsors Original Source and Ocean Spray, as well as our Official Charity partner the NSPCC and our media partners Capital FM and Metro will be giving away goodies, running activities and sharing in the colourful fun on the day. Be sure to stop by and see them after your run in the Festival!
Do I need to be Mo Farah to do this? Oh my goodness, NO! There are plenty of other great 5ks out there to test speed and performance. We re all about a colour crazy day with friends and family. You can run, walk, crawl, or cartwheel it if you wish! How strict is the clothing dress code for the start of the event? We will have clothing police inspectors located throughout the event to check you re wearing the event t-shirt. You will be arrested and put in jail if you re not wearing it honest! How does the colour affect the inside of cars? You went all out, you re covered in colour and if you don t take precautions, your car will be too. Be sure to visit the Cleaning Zone before you leave the event site. If you re driving or taking the tube, use your poncho or bring something (towels, plastic, rubbish bags, etc.) to cover the seats before you sit down. Will the colour ruin clothes or running shoes? The colour mostly washes out after the event. However, as with anything dirty, the sooner the gear gets washed the better. Dust off all excess powder before washing with water. Wash your coloured gear separately and use cold water. We suggest wearing items that you wouldn t mind getting colourful. If you would like to preserve the colour in your running shirt, we suggest spraying it with vinegar and ironing it when you get home. This is the most likely way the shirt will retain its colouring. Are cameras and phones safe to have in the colour zones? Our event photographers are totally fine shooting from a medium distance (5-8 metres). If you want to get shots right in the midst of the colour we recommend covering cameras/ phones with plastic wrap. Is the run timed? The run is not a timed event. Even Mr. Farah would take his time out there to maximise the colourful fun! We suggest self-timing for anyone desiring a finish time. Why do you keep spelling colour the American way? The Color Run is an American brand that has arrived in the UK, so it s missing the British u. We like to encourage all our Color Runners to put the u in colour on the day, and use our UK #ColourMeHappy!